Term 2 Week 4

It's hard to believe we are almost half way through the term already! The last fortnight has been action packed with farewells, science and field trips. Below is a run down of what's been happening in the Senior School.


Young Leaders Day.

 Every year we take our school leaders to the National Young Leaders Day at the Michael Fowler Centre. The aim of the day is to develop student leadership and for it be both inspirational and practical. Since 2001 over 100,000 students have attended throughout New Zealand. The objectives of NYLD are: Empowerment, Positivity, Inspiration, Connection, Motivation, Education. Our students came back buzzing from the day. The highlights for many were Cam Calkoen, Jamie Fitzgerald and of course the Laughing Samoans!

Technicraft.

 Last week saw the conclusion of Cycle 2 of our Technicraft programme. There has been some amazing clipboards produced in woodwork along with some very tasty hamburgers in cooking. Ruth Hooke's music group celebrated the end of the cycle by sharing their talents down the road at Eastbourne Kindy. The group loved preforming to the little kids and enjoying playing with them afterwards.

 They also shared their songs in assembly on Friday. What a nice way to farewell Mr Ray and Miss Berry! Well done guys!

Science Week.

Last week Muritai celebrated our love of Science by dedicating a whole week to it! Room 24 were lucky enough to have a visit from James McKay, a physics lecturer at Weltec. They were focusing on the laws of physics to create a motorised car using a mousetrap and string! A special thanks to Caryn Ellis for organising the day so James could share his expertise with us and Sarah Turk for assisting on the day.

To conclude Science Week Barbara Ryan and her science committee organised a Rocket Launching Competition. The brief was to create a rocket using a soft drink bottle, water and a bike pump. The winning class would be the highest flying rocket. Congratulations to Room 15 which clearly won the event. Room 23's rocket was the highest rocket from the Senior School.

Te Reo

We have been having great fun with Mr Ranchod who is teaching us different Maori greetings and commands for different situations. We are learning a lot!

Gymnastics.

Our Physical Education focus for Term 2 is Gymnastics. Check out the videos below of the students in Room 24. There task was to create a choreographed routine using a chosen apparatus. Looking good!

Pumpkin Competition

We were all so proud of Mia Treadwell-Burke who used her initiative to fundraise for a worthy charity. Mia instigated a ‘Guess the Weight’ competition for a gigantic pumpkin that was donated by her neighbour. For $2, participants could take a guess at how much the pumpkin weighed. Congratulation to Oscar and Olly Sliper who were closest to the correct weight of 26.5kg. The competition raised $103.40 which has been donated to the charity So They Can

Good on you Mia!